mission 02: voice, action

[unspangled]

Who: Steve Rogers (AU)
Broadcast: Fleet
Action: Heron or Iskaulit; Work, Art Therapy, Gym
When: During drift

broadcast
If you could have any name, would you keep your own or pick something new?


action
[ If you're looking for this former star-spangled menace, he can generally be found one of two places. On the Heron, attending to his ship responsibilities, or on the Iskaulit, tentatively settling in with newer responsibilities. He can often be found in the gym, preferably at odd hours, and it's not inconceivable he might wander into the art therapy room to see what it's all about. ]

Comments

[brooklyn_boy]

And you're alright with that?

[unspangled]

I don't know. [ His voice is quiet. ] Why does it matter to you?

[brooklyn_boy]

Because you're me. And it matters what happened to you. What HYDRA did to you.

I want to understand and I want to help.

[Even if it's super clear now that he doesn't know how.]

[unspangled]

HYDRA does a lot of things to a lot of people.

[ And Steve isn't sure how to react to sympathy.

Especially coming from this version of himself. ]

[brooklyn_boy]

Yeah. Well, call me biased then. I'm worried about you right now.

[He leans closer to the camera.]

Do you really not feel like Steve Rogers anymore?

private

[unspangled]

You're worried about someone you've never met before now.

[ color him cautiously skeptical. enough to make this as private as he can manage. ]

You and I are not the same. We may have been once? I don't know, I'm willing to admit the possibility. But we aren't now. The Steve Rogers I read about was a hero.

I'm not.

[brooklyn_boy]

The Steve Rogers you read about is a lie.

They made me into something bigger than life because that's what America needed. I'm no hero. Underneath it all I'm just a man looking to try and do the right thing.

I'm thinking you can relate.

[unspangled]

Barnes seems to believe in the man I read about.

[ He can't speak to being bigger than life, simply because he was trained as a ghost. A specter meant to inspire fear and terror, which could be bigger than life depending on one's perspective. ]

That depends on what kind of man you think I am.

[brooklyn_boy]

Barnes is biased.

[Steve is paused by the question though, not sure how to respond.]

I think you're someone who was made into something else. And is now trying to find his own way.